We may have been duped on this file, but it is clearly in Canada’s best interests to stop being one.

Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, and John Bolton are all making contradictory statements designed to appeal to different audiences. This is leading to some confusion as to the policy, but that is hardly something foreign to diplomacy, writes John Chenier. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia and Gage Skidmore

Gerald Butts has removed himself from the daily political grind of strategizing how to keep the Liberals in power. But observers say it's unlikely he will be consigned to watch the campaign unfold from the sidelines.

SNC-Lavalin risks a takeover if it's convicted. But aside from likely outrage in Quebec, Ottawa can find other builders for its infrastructure plans if the company is banned from bidding on federal contracts, experts say

The Quebec company had extensive access to government ministers and top staffers, and was the only organization registered to lobby for allowing deferred prosecution agreements for white collar crimes.